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IAN HUNTER ASSEMBLES HISTORIC LINEUPFOR DEFIANCE PART 1
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL LEGEND RETURNS WITHSTAR-STUDDED NEW ALBUM
DEFIANCE PART 1 SEES COLLABORATIONS FROM LATE, GREAT JEFF BECK, JOHNNYDEPP, JOE ELLIOTT (DEF LEPPARD), BILLY F GIBBONS (ZZ TOP), TAYLOR HAWKINS (FOOFIGHTERS), DUFF McKAGAN (GUNS N’ ROSES), TODD RUNDGREN, SLASH (GUNS N’ROSES),JEFF TWEEDY (WILCO), ROBERT TRUJILLO (METALLICA), WADDY WACHTEL (STEVIE NICKS,KEITH RICHARDS), BRAD WHITFORD (AEROSMITH),
DANE CLARK (JOHN MELLENCAMP),
BILLY BOB THORNTON & J.D.ANDREW (THE BOXMASTERS) and
DEAN DELEO, ROBERT DE LEO &ERIC KRETZ (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS)
FIRST SINGLE, “BED OF ROSES,”FEATURING MIKE CAMPBELL AND RINGO STARR
OUT NOW!
DEFIANCE PART 1 ARRIVES VIA SUN RECORDS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21
Rock ‘n’ roll legend Ian Hunter has announced therelease of his landmark new album, DEFIANCE PART 1, arriving viathe Sun Records label on Friday, April 21, 2023. Pre-orders are availablenow HERE.
Easily among the most star-studded original albums ever recorded,DEFIANCE PART 1 sees Hunter joined by the late, great Jeff Beck, JohnnyDepp, Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Billy F Gibbons (ZZTop), Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), DuffMcKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Todd Rundgren, Slash (GunsN’ Roses), Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), RobertTrujillo (Metallica), Waddy Wachtel (Stevie Nicks,Keith Richards), Brad Whitford (Aerosmith), Dane Clark (JohnMellencamp), Billy Bob Thornton & J.D. Andrew (TheBoxmasters) and Dean DeLeo, Robert De Leo & EricKretz (Stone Temple Pilots). DEFIANCE PART 1 is heraldedby today’s premiere of the nostalgic first single, “Bed Of Roses,”featuring guitarist Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and theHeartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac) and drums by Ringo Starr, availabletoday at all DSPs and streaming services. An official music video for “Bed OfRoses” premieres today on YouTube.
Ian Hunter "Bed of Roses"
“It was a fluke,” Ian Hunter says. “This was not planned.Really, I’m serious. I really couldn’t believe some of them. I mean, it’samazing what’s happened. It’s been such a buzz.”
Now in its seventh decade, Ian Hunter’s illustrious career haslong been marked by collaboration, from the golden age of Mott the Hoople tohis fabled partnership with Mick Ronson and 21st centuryrenaissance with his crack backing combo, the Rant Band. Now, with DEFIANCEPART 1, the legendary singer-songwriter, author, and rock ‘n’ roll star takescreative solidarity to an unprecedented new level with spectacularaccompaniment from a truly awe-inspiring roster of special guests, famous fans,and lifelong friends.
The album first came together in early 2020 with the dawn of the pandemic era. An inveterate hard worker, Hunter took the lockdown as a creative opportunity, writing a series of new songs which he tracked in his Connecticut basement alongside his longtime collaborator, guitarist/producer/multi-instrumentalist Andy York.
Working with little more than a computer, guitar, V5 piano, and “a verysmall keyboard,” Hunter and York created a collection of bare bones demos butwith quarantine rules still in effect, were unable to flesh them out further byhitting the studio with the Rant Band. Manager Mike Kobayashi and renowned rock‘n’ roll photographer Ross Halfin suggested reaching out to some of Hunter’sfellow legends who might perhaps use some of their own lockdown to contribute atrack or two. To Hunter’s delight, the project quickly escalated, with a galaxyof stars clamoring to be involved. With time on their hands due the pandemic,his fellow musicians took the demos and stems that Hunter and York put togetherin his basement and added unforeseen power and creativity through their owntrademark talents.
“Everybody’s sitting around,” says Hunter. “It’s Covid.Nobody’s going anywhere. We started sending them out. Slash started doingsomething. Robert Trujillo from Metallica. Ringo Starr, Mike Campbell. JoeElliott is on a few tracks. Johnny Depp said ‘Jeff Beck’s with me and we’d liketo do a couple of songs.’ I know Todd Rundgren, I toured with Todd way back,he’s done an amazing job. Billy Gibbons. Billy Bob Thornton and JD Andrew fromThe Boxmasters. It’s never ending. I mean, every day we’d get a phone call,this guy wants to do it, that guy wants to do it. It was like, I can’t believethis.”
Despite its genesis during the pandemic, DEFIANCE PART 1 isremarkably upbeat, ablaze with the life-affirming energy and unbridled passionthat has marked Hunter’s music since the start. Indeed, “Pavlov’s Dog” isHunter at his ferocious best, a snarling rocker featuring the surviving membersof Stone Temple Pilots – brothers Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass)and Eric Kretz (drums). Songs like “I Hate Hate” and the album’s rebellioustitle track – the latter showcasing the one and only Slash on guitar withMetallica’s Robert Trujillo carrying the groove using the late Jaco Pastorius’signature fretless bass, the same instrument played by the legendary jazz musicianon Hunter’s groundbreaking second solo album, 1975’s ALL AMERICAN ALIEN BOY –offer indisputable evidence that Hunter’s voice remains as uncompromising andprovocative as ever before.
Having spent the better part of two years on the project, Hunterisn’t done yet. As its title promises, DEFIANCE PART 1 will be followed by thearrival of DEFIANCE PART 2. The second chapter will feature an equally stunningrange of special guests while projecting an entirely different thematicapproach and songwriting aesthetic.
With the wind at his back, Ian Hunter has somehow managed to pulloff something impossible. DEFIANCE PART 1 is a full-speed-ahead rock ‘n’ rollrecord rarely heard in this day and age, recorded with a crew of irrefutablerock ‘n’ roll all-stars and released on the definitive rock ‘n’ roll label.
“There are a lot of reasons for calling this album DEFIANCE,”says Ian Hunter. “It’s like, people my age shouldn’t be making records,blah, blah, blah. But we’ve still got a bit left.”
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